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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Johannesburg – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has called out former Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh on how the Guptas were able to make away with billions of rands under his watch at the parastatal, saying Singh was either party to their agenda or simply incompetent.<\/p>\n

Singh returned to the Commission of Inquiry into Allegations of State Capture on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

He is facing questions around a number of transactions that led to the massive looting of the state-owned enterprise.<\/p>\n

The Zondo Commission heard how the Gupta enterprise pocketed about 85% of the total estimated R49 billion of state funds via dodgy deals at Transnet.<\/p>\n

Singh was CFO of Transnet at the time, but told Zondo that he had no knowledge about the Guptas\u2019 looting of the state.<\/p>\n

He denied being party to the Guptas\u2019 dodgy transactions. He also denied being incompetent.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I was incompetent then Mr [Brian] Molefe would have indicated that when he appeared at the Commission,\u201d Singh said.<\/p>\n

He said he believed the transactions were \u201cjustifiable expenditure\u201d.<\/p>\n

He also added that the transactions were not initiated and concluded by him alone, and sometimes dealt with the procurement team.<\/p>\n

But Zondo urged Singh to present another scenario of what happened, if there was one, as it could not be that the CFO was unaware of such major transactions.<\/p>\n

\u201cEither you were party to their agenda or you were so incompetent that you couldn\u2019t see all of this. There may be another scenario, but I can\u2019t think of anything else,\u201d Zondo said.<\/p>\n

Singh denied he was incompetent or that he assisted the Guptas in any way to loot the state\u2019s coffers.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow does one explain this massive looting then?\u201d Zondo asked.<\/p>\n

He also brought to Singh\u2019s attention that former Transnet chief executive Brian Molefe had already admitted to the Commission that he shared a friendship with the Guptas.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is also evidence that you were more involved with the Guptas than you would want me to believe,\u201d Zondo said to Singh.<\/p>\n

Evidence leader advocate Anton Myburgh also pointed out that other Transnet executives who had given evidence at the Commission said that these transactions consisted of complicated financial documents, and they relied on Singh to put it together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it the case that you knew nothing about this?\u201d Myburgh asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is correct,\u201d replied Singh.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs it your case then that you were really scammed by Mr Essa and the Guptas? They pulled one over you?\u201d asked Myburgh.<\/p>\n

Before Singh eventually agreed that it seemed he may have been scammed, he told the Commission that it was still his view that they had followed all the required policies, procedures and internal processes of Transnet.<\/p>\n

Singh said there was work performed and payments made.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, these transactions were not approved by me alone. I did not originate these transactions alone, neither did I conclude these transactions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were circumstances as to why there was a business requirement for these services or assets being acquired in the manner it was,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The inquiry continues.<\/p>\n

[email protected]<\/p>\n

Political Bureau<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – South-Africa. Johannesburg – Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo has called out former Transnet chief financial officer Anoj Singh on how the Guptas were able to make away with billions of rands under his watch at the parastatal, saying Singh was either party to their agenda or simply incompetent. 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